pungens

Latin edit

Present participle of pungō.

pungēns (genitive pungentis); third-declension one-termination participle

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	pungēns		pungentēs	pungentia
Genitive	pungentis		pungentium
Dative	pungentī		pungentibus
Accusative	pungentem	pungēns	pungentēs pungentīs	pungentia
Ablative	pungente pungentī¹		pungentibus
Vocative	pungēns		pungentēs	pungentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Old French: poignant, puignant
- Middle French: poignant
  - French: poignant
- → Middle English: poynaunt, poynant, poignaunt
  - English: poignant
Iberian:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: pungente
  - Portuguese: pungente
  - Galician: punxente
- Old Spanish: puniente, puñente
Italian: pungente
Old Occitan:
- Occitan: ponhent
- Old Catalan: punyent, puyent
  - Catalan: punyent
→ English: poignant, pungent
→ Spanish: pungente (reborrowing)

pungens